22/12/2008 In Ideas worth sharing, social media by John R. Hopkins { 
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I few days ago I was zooming along from Richmond to Norfolk on I-64. I kept noticing roads that run parallel to this stretch. They aren’t always visible, but I could see them off and on much of the way. On the interstate, there are nice wide lanes, at least two lanes in each direction […]
23/09/2008 In Ideas worth sharing, social media by John R. Hopkins { }
According to an article on Reuters, Porn sites have been surpassed by Social networking sites for the first time. From what I understood of the article, it was specifically refering to internet searches. I’d love to find out more about their research. My indepth (not really) research didn’t show nearly the same results. Not exactly […]
11/09/2008 In Ideas worth sharing, social media by John R. Hopkins { }
Tonight I decided to plan an event. Last year, a bunch of the people I worked with at a now defunct tech company got together for drinks after the winter holidays. It was great seeing them and I thought we should do it again. To organize last year’s event I used Evite, “Evite.com is the […]
22/08/2008 In Customer Service, Ideas worth sharing by John R. Hopkins { }
This morning on my ride to work I had an anomaly.
It was at the first stop light I stoped at. the light turned green, I pulled the clutch lever, pushed down on the shifter with my left foot and there it was… Normally when I shift into first, it sort of “clunks” into gear. It […]
07/08/2008 In gadget alert by John R. Hopkins { }
First off, thank you Lifehacker, for pointing me to this new Google toy, Google Insights for Search.
Google describes it like this:
With Google Insights for Search, you can compare search volume patterns across specific regions, categories, and time frames.
I can see already that I’m going to have to sacrifice something major to make time to learn […]
04/08/2008 In Customer Service, social media by John R. Hopkins { }
My RSS reader had let itself get a bit full and as I was skimming titles… then I see one on Seth Godin’s Blog labeled “My tooth doesn’t hurt“. I stopped at this one. Seth talks about how when your tooth doesn’t hurt, which I hope is most of the time, you aren’t looking for […]
27/07/2008 In Customer Service by John R. Hopkins { }
This morning I stopped in for a bite to eat at the local Hardee’s. I know, not really good for you, but I wanted a biscuit. I walked in ready to do the usual fast-food routine: Wait in a short line, give my order, give them a few bucks, wait a few minutes and then […]
07/07/2008 In Ideas worth sharing, User Interaction by John R. Hopkins { }
You will need a couple things in order to get started.
1. Internet Explorer (I’m using IE 7.0.5730.11).
2. You will also need a Google account so that you can use their super-great RSS reader. Google accounts are free and have a LOT to offer. Get one here.
The first question many of you might ask is WHY? […]
30/06/2008 In social media by John R. Hopkins { }
When you want to manage your brand, you need complete control over your identity, yes? I mean you want to own the brand, you want to make rules about where your logo will go and you want to rule it with an iron fist.
Do you? Well, I want to share a quick story about two […]
30/06/2008 In social media by John R. Hopkins { }
In the competitive and costly world of recruiting, companies are doing everything they can to find out who they are hiring. They will spend sometimes thousands of dollars invistigating potential hires. I’ve known employers to do criminal background checks, calling neighbors, previous employers and even current employers. Some even want to know the status of […]
